Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Payments Compliance Experience
$204-255k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$204-255k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a talented, self-motivated and experienced Staff engineer who is excited to work in the highly dynamic and business-critical domain of Compliance
- 9+ years of industry engineering experience
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Expertise in HTML, CSS and modern Javascript frameworks such as React or Vue
- Experience working closely with Product and Design to develop polished experiences
- Proficiency in one or more back-end server languages (Java/Ruby/Go/C++/etc.)
- Strong understanding of how complex backend logic can be expressed cleanly in the UX and architectural patterns of a high-scale web and data applications
- Rigorous attention to detail - our products have to work correctly to keep Airbnb and our users safe
- Be future looking - we might be focused on immediate regulations, but need to build for the long term
- End-to-end ownership mentality that transcends team boundaries
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to tackle ambiguous problems
- Prior knowledge of Compliance standards and experience in implementing those controls is a plus
What the job involves
- The Payments org at Airbnb is responsible for everything related to settling money in Airbnb’s global marketplace - moving billions of dollars, in 191 countries, across 75 currencies, through a complex ecosystem of payments partners
- We build technology that powers Airbnb’s massive daily transaction volume to collect payments from guests, distribute payouts to hosts and everything in between
- Our goal is to make the Payment experience on Airbnb as delightful, magical, intuitive, and easy as possible
- Within Payments, the Compliance Experience team focuses on building best in class product experiences for Airbnb hosts, such that even the most rigorous compliance process is delightful
- The Compliance Experience team focuses on building best in class product experiences for Airbnb hosts, such that even the most rigorous compliance process is delightful
- You will help us build the next generation of configurable product experiences to support Airbnb’s entire Compliance program and scale it to ever evolving regulatory needs
- The APIs, UIs, workflows and tools that you develop will implement critical controls for identification (Know Your Customer), authentication (Strong Customer Authentication) and detection of financial crime (Sanctions/AML) while providing an intuitive and polished user experience for Airbnb’s global host community
- As a Staff engineer, you’ll also be responsible for contributing to the broader technical vision for the organization and building alignment within engineering and cross-functional teams - all while delivering a solution that is flexible, always available, efficient, and scales with the needs of the business
- A Typical Day
- Lead the development and refinement of systems powering compliance controls embedded in core user journeys for Airbnb hosts
- Build the next-generation of technology stack for Compliance needs, with well defined APIs, UIs, workflows and tooling that is service-oriented, configurable and auditable
- Work closely with Product, Design, Policy, Operations and other cross-functional partners as part of a globally distributed team, to define and ship impactful features. Present product and technical deep dives to key stakeholders
- Partner with other product and platform engineering teams in Airbnb’s Hosting, Trust and Tax organizations to serve our users holistically
- Lead and mentor engineers — both inside and outside your immediate team
- Advocate for and participate in efforts to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and technical foundations. Drive systemic improvements by identifying patterns to streamline development, reduce toil and increase technical quality and operational excellence over time
- The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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